'She prayed to Jesus while releasing her son on the community . . a hypocrite'

Joe Shine PhotoHakeem Lester is arrested by Jersey City police at Kennedy Boulevard and Danforth Avenue on Saturday.

Two Jersey City men were arrested over the weekend in the cold-blooded murders of two people who were each shot in the head five days ago. Ronald "Diddy" Lawrence, 21, and Hakeem "Hak" Lester, 21, both of Jersey City, were each charged with two counts of felony murder and armed robbery and weapons possession, according to authorities.

By uptp2dwnsth
21 years old WOW! Jersey City!!

By uptp2dwnsth
Peace to Hakeem & Diddy, ur days on the streets r done.

By hclaws
Agree: Have a good life in prison. Give my best to "Bubba" ...

By eliquineli
I really feel for that father. It must be bittersweet, although the murderers were caught, and they won't be able to hurt and/or kill someone else, it can't bring his son back.

By 4th1
Finally something JCPD can be commended for. So that's 4 criminals in my neighborhood taken off the streets, excellent. Now if we can only figure out a way to keep these types killing each other in conjunction with JCPD catching these morons our city would be a much better place.

By baligirl
I can understand how you feel.

By 692WestF Ave
What a Beautiful woman this Lakisha Richardson is. In the midst of all her pain she still has faith in her Savior Jesus Christ son of God.
"Thank you, Jesus. God is ever so wonderful," she said tearfully from her Van Nostrand Avenue home.
Amen to you Lakisha you blessed woman sweetheart... AMEN ...

By njangelgrlx01
692WestF Ave - You always brighten up my day! LMAO

By 692WestF Ave
njangelgrlx01,
I am so glad I could assist with bringing a smile to your lovely face ...

By baligirl
She prayed to Jesus while releasing her hell raising son on the community. What a hypocrite.

By WakeUpCall
I commend the JC PD for acting you swiftly before these ingrades killed someone else. Good BYE! Good RIDENECE!!!
My condolences to the victim's families and to anyone who have suffered such a loss.

By educated3
I pray for the Thompson and Richardson family. It really breaks my heart everytime I think of 2 sisters losing their children at the same time. The pain! As a mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, great aunt, my heart truly aches. May God Bless the two families, a lot of healing is needed.(excuse the misspell, so not in the mood)

By baligirl
How about sympathy for the people they terrorized before they met their fate.

By jeffcon
If the victims were also thugs I am not sure it warrants FELONY murder. Maybe it is time to adjust the law to make allowances. Do we really want to spend taxpayer money to lock up an Hakeem or a Diddy who killed a Bleek or Mileak?

By real
@jeffcon: Felony murder is felony murder regardless if the victims are thugs or not..Murder is murder..Period!! But your last statement is: "Do we really want to spend taxpayer money to lock up an Hakeem or a Diddy who killed a Bleek or Mileak? This actually is not a question, they will face justice whether there names is "Hakeem or Diddy" or Moe, larry or curly..I feel as you were being sarcasm or joking! Which one?

By jeffcon
I know what felony murder is. I suggest changing the law to allow leeway in sentencing. While these thugs may have committed murder, it should be remembered the victims were themselves thugs. Its kind of like Nazis killing Nazis, should we really care? So my question is, "do we really want to waste taxpayer money locking up a Hakeem (great thug name) for capping a 'Milieak'? (Also good thug name).

By reelfangs
I heard the other two people in the car were Corzine & Milgram. Apparently the three of them were heading over to Jon's Hoboken loft to catch up on some reading and discuss future strategy for the Democratic Party.

By bullett
Good work by the Jersey City Police Department and the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Unit.
Apprehension of these two thugs will not bring the violence to a halt. Only with the involvement of block groups, and concerned citizens working with the police, can we gain ground on drugs and other crimes.

By real
Totally Agreed!! Excellent work between the two agencies who work really hard in the apprehension of these thugs..However, "It's Going To Get Worse Before It Gets Better"! There's a lot of "Illegal Guns" out there and too many innocent civilians are being shot every day on these senseless shootings..

By GuitrDad
Has it occurred to anyone that two men were arrested and charged, but this article does not offer a shred of evidence incriminating them?
Let's wait for the results of the trial before dancing in the streets.